Showing results by author "Tim James" in Horror

Classic plays and ghost stories, as performed by the residents of Ambridge and friends - plus bonus drama Dead Girls Tell No Tales. Borsetshire's queen of amateur theatricals, Lynda Snell, never misses the chance to put on a Christmas show. Her productions are always a big hit with Ambridge audiences - and now, Archers fans can enjoy these top-notch performances alongside them (as well as eavesdropping on the shenanigans backstage).

This year brings 22 more in-your-face stories that break boundaries and trash taboos, transgressive tales you can't "unread" (as Chuck Palahniuk says). Some of the stories you'll find here are loaded with very graphic descriptions of violence, sex, and depravities, while others may contain only one shocking moment of brutality. In others, the hardcore aspect may be less graphic and subtler than you might expect. Some of these quieter tales offer the listener some time to recover from the more disturbing ones preceding.

In his essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature”, H.P. Lovecraft famously noted, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”. Dark Hall Press is proud to present our Cosmic Horror Anthology, 10 tales of nameless terror from some of the most exciting voices in the field. From stories of subtle, invasive menace to tales of full-fledged cyclopean horrors; from alien worlds to the yawning holes in perception where strange forces lurk; where nature takes on a terrifying sentience and one is not safe even in dreams.

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, Allan Quatermain, Diego Vega, Dr. Jekyll, and Arsene Lupin are joined by an army of other legends to help battle the evil that has spread throughout the lands, such as Michael "The Lone Wolf" Lanyard, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Professor Challenger, the Scarlett Pimpernel, the Frankenstein Monster, and Dorian Gray all together in one volume for the first time in history. So, who will win this battle and who will perish? Well you will have to listen to find out.

From the author of the series The Book of M and The Sons of Thunder come two more stories that will put your imagination to the test. The first is a story about an entertainer who lived in a time when the best shows were on stage. Follow his life up to its very end…. But is it really his life or someone else's? You will have to listen to find out. Next is the story of the first manned space exploration. However, it is not by choice.

The Countess Elizabeth Bathory Living in exile, has never given up on her struggle for eternal youth. So with the aid of the gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, the brilliant Professor Moriarty, the invisible man, and the Phantom of the opera, she is able to summon the headless horseman to retrieve, the sarcophagus of one of the greatest emperors ever to rule Egypt, the Frankenstein monster, and the ashes of Count Dracula to achieve her lifelong goal of eternal life. What could possibly stand in her way?